05 December, 2021

Rice is sold at Tk 30 per kg under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. One customer can buy maximum five kilograms of rice under the programme. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Rice is sold at Tk 30 per kg under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. One customer can buy maximum five kilograms of rice under the programme. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Rice is sold at Tk 30 per kg under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. One customer can buy maximum five kilograms of rice under the programme. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Flour is sold at Tk 22 per kg under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Flour is sold at Tk 22 per kg under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Low-income people line up to buy rice and flour under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Low-income people line up to buy rice and flour under the open market sale programme of the Directorate General of Food in Dhaka’s Khilgaon on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Social rights activists of Youth of Bangladesh demonstrate in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Sunday, December 5, 2021 to raise awareness on road safety. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Social rights activists of Youth of Bangladesh demonstrate in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Sunday, December 5, 2021 to raise awareness on road safety. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Activists of Bangladesh Muktijuddho Mancha organise a symbolic hunger strike outside the National Museum in Dhaka demanding justice for attacks on the families of freedom fighters on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Activists of Bangladesh Muktijuddho Mancha organise a symbolic hunger strike outside the National Museum in Dhaka demanding justice for attacks on the families of freedom fighters on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Cyclone ‘Jawad’ has settled into a low in the Bay of Bengal. The effects of the low could be felt throughout Bangladesh as Dhaka, and many other parts of the country, experienced cloudy weather and rain on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Cyclone ‘Jawad’ has settled into a low in the Bay of Bengal. The effects of the low could be felt throughout Bangladesh as Dhaka, and many other parts of the country, experienced cloudy weather and rain on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Students led a ‘funeral march’ protest with a mock coffin to the Raju Memorial Statue in Dhaka University on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021 to press for a nine-point list of demands including road safety and an ‘unconditional’ 50 percent discount on bus fares for students. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students led a ‘funeral march’ protest with a mock coffin to the Raju Memorial Statue in Dhaka University on Sunday, Dec 5, 2021 to press for a nine-point list of demands including road safety and an ‘unconditional’ 50 percent discount on bus fares for students. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu